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| Hank Williams |
TWO YEARS AGO
AUG. 9, 2012
Evergreen weather reporter
Betty Ellis reported high temperatures of 94 degrees on July 30 and Aug. 1 and
lows of 70 degrees on July 31 and Aug. 2. She reported .35 inches of rain on July
30, .72 inches on July 31, .80 inches on Aug. 2, .28 inches on Aug. 3 and 1.70
inches on Aug. 4. Total rainfall for the month of July 2012 amounted to 9.62
inches.
“Powerful straight-line winds
swept through Castleberry last Thursday afternoon and damaged a number of
trees, utility lines and the town’s baseball field, local fire officials said
earlier this week.
“According to Castleberry
Fire Chief Josh Reeves, the storm last Thursday around 12:30 p.m. and knocked
over 15 trees, which resulted in a power outage throughout town.
“The trees blocked a number
of major thoroughfares in the town, including U.S. Highway 31, Cleveland Avenue
and the CSX railroad. The resulting power outage lasted between three and four
hours, Reeves said.”
“Conecuh County lost one of
its most prominent citizens during the past week as longtime local businessman
Frank James Chavers passed away at his home last Thursday at the age of 78.”
“Evergreen native Claire
Johnston Kirby was named director of undergraduate admissions for the
University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Wednesday of last week.”
17 YEARS AGO
AUG. 14, 1997
Evergreen weather reporter
Harry Ellis reported a high of 90 degrees on Aug. 6 and lows of 67 on Aug. 6
and Aug. 7. He reported .05 inches of rain on Aug. 4, .25 inches on Aug. 5, .17
inches on Aug. 8 and .22 inches on Aug. 9.
“The Town of Repton’s new
post office opened for business on May 21, 1997. The new post office is located
on Highway 84, has 2,500 square feet of work space and state of the art equipment.
Among those present for the official ribbon cutting held recently were Napoleon
Lee, Repton Postmaster; Odessa Wallace, Postmaster Relief; W.E. Broughton,
Perdue Hill Postmaster; and Connie Dees, Franklin Postmaster.”
“Governor Fob James today
notified Conecuh County Commission Chairman Jerold Dean that he has approved
the county’s request for a Community Development Block Grant. The amount of the
county’s grant was $434,000.
“The purpose of the grant,
the Governor said, is to extend water eight miles to 69 households in the
Fairview Community.”
“Sheriff Tom Hall arrested a
Lime Hill man on July 29 when he identified a vehicle driving down a dirt road
as a 1964 Chevrolet Impala listed on a bolo as stolen from Mississippi.
“When Sheriff Hall stopped the
vehicle and made positive identification on the vehicle, the subject was placed
under arrest while other units responded to secure the vehicle.”
32 YEARS AGO
AUG. 12, 1982
Local weather reporter Earl
Windham reported a high of 92 degrees on Aug. 6 and lows of 67 on Aug. 4 and
Aug. 7. He reported .07 inches of rain on Aug. 2, .13 inches on Aug. 7 and .07
on Aug. 8.
“Sparta Academy names
teachers: Sparta Academy Headmaster, Dr. Jack Miller, announces the following
faculty for the 1982-83 school year: Kindergarten, Mrs. Debra McIntyre; First
Grade, Mrs. Linda Coker; Second Grade, Mrs. Margaret Cope; Third Grade, Mrs.
Betty Booker; Fourth Grade, Miss Julia Odom; Fifth Grade, Mrs. Fannie Robins;
Sixth Grade, Mrs. Kathryn Brown;
“Science, Mrs. Amelia Bowers;
Math, Renford Dean; Business Ed, Mrs. Belinda Robinson; English, Gene
Larrimore; Literature, Mrs. Ann Kyzar; Social Studies, Dale Derrick; and
Athletic Director, Richard Brown.”
“There have been three
confirmed cases of rabies in Conecuh County within the last 10 months. Two of
these cases were raccoons and the latest case was a bat. All three cases were
from widely separated areas of the county.”
“Mrs. Annie Roan Price, 87,
much beloved resident of 105 Stanley St., Evergreen, died Tuesday afternoon, Aug.
10, in a local hospital.
“Mrs. Price was the widow of
the late L.W. Price Sr., former Judge of Probate of Conecuh County. She was
born in 1894 in Thomasville, and she and Judge Price moved to Conecuh County in
1920, living in Sparta for a few years and the rest of the time in Evergreen.”
47 YEARS AGO
AUG. 10, 1967
“U.S. Air Force Major Samuel
W. Hanks, son of Mrs. Opal L. Hanks of 2054 S. Bucker Road, Mobile and formerly
of Conecuh County, has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal at Bien Hoa
AB, Vietnam, for meritorious service while engaged in military operations
against Viet Cong. Major Hanks, a member of the Pacific Air Forces, was cited
for his performance as an air operations officer at Bien Hoa.”
“Evergreen city limits
extension is now law: The City of Evergreen over doubled in size on July 31 and
bet you didn’t even notice it.
“Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace
signed into law on July 31 Act. No. 106 which extended the city limits of
Evergreen. With her signing of the Act, it became law and the city’s size
increased from 6.25 square miles to 16 square miles.
“The enlarging of the City
began with the introduction of House Bill 227 by State Represenative Wm. D.
(Billy) Melton. The bill passed the House on June 20 and was signed by Speaker
Rankin Fite. It passed the Senate on July 11 and was signed by Lt. Gov. Albert
Brewer.
“The act was signed into law
at 9:05 p.m. on July 31 by Gov. Wallace. It was received and enrolled by
Secretary of State Mabel Amos at 11:27 a.m. on Aug. 1.”
“The first bales of cotton of
the 1967 crop were ginned in Conecuh County on Tuesday. Both Castleberry Gin
Co. and Evergreen Gin Co. reported ginning bales on that date.
“J. Ed Glass, president of
the Castleberry Gin. Co. reported that he ginned a bale brought to his gin by
W.J. Davis, Route 2, Repton.
“Crum Foshee of Evergreen Gin
Co. also reported ginning a bale on Tuesday for Isaac Franklin and Les Crosby
of Rt. E, Evergreen.”
62 YEARS AGO
AUG. 14, 1952
“Two Conecuh County soldiers have been awarded the Combat
Infantryman Badge while serving in the 25th Infantry Division in Korea.
“The Conecuh soldiers who have recently been awarded the
badge are M-Sgt. A.D. Clark of Castleberry, Rt. 2, and Cpl. Franklin D. Smith,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Smith of Castleberry, Rt. 2.
“Clark is first sergeant of Headquarters Co. of the 14th
Infantry Regiment. He entered the Army in December 1950. Smith, an automatic
rifleman in Co. K of the 5th Regiment, entered the Army in January 1951 and
arrived in Korea on May 1, 1952.”
NO FLYING SAUCERS: Folks around here haven’t seen any
flying saucers, but hey have seen some people who plan to vote for the
Republican nominee for president this November. Just about as strange a sight
as a flying saucer.”
“Greenville Stadium; Friday, August 15; In Person, the
SENSATIONAL Radio-Recording Star – Hank WILLIAMS – “Mr. Lovesick Blues” –
Singing All His MGM Record Hits with His Entire GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW from
Nashville, Tennessee – 2 Shows – 3 p.m., 8 p.m. Rain or Shine, Tickets On Sale
Now”
“Egg Story Gets Bigger; Had Egg Within Egg And Total of 4
Yolks: Last week The Courant had on exhibit an extra large egg produced by a
hen owned by Miss Ruby Wright, Main Street. The egg was one of the largest ever
seen in these parts. Almost the size of a goose egg, it weighed a full six
ounces.
“This week, The Courant is ready to state that maybe a
world’s record has been broken. When cracked, the egg was found to have another
complete egg inside it, the inner egg being rather large for a hen egg.
“Between the two eggs, there were two yolks and another
two were inside the inner egg. The big egg then had a total of four yolks.
Recently, in the syndicated column “Believe It Or Not,” by Ripley, a hen egg
with three yolks was reported.
“We don’t know whether this is a record or not, but we’ll
let it stand as one until someone brings us an egg with five yolks.”
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